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tv   The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer  CNN  September 17, 2009 6:46pm-7:00pm EDT

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this is lou dobbs to see what's coming up at the top of the hour. >> thank you very much. tonight at the top of the hour, president obama's big foreign policy call, planning to build a missile defense shield to protect against iran, strapped, not everyone feels so safe, and many of our allies are angry. another outrageous hidden video and more action in washington today, to cut off funding to the activist group a.c.o.r.n. and first it was jimmy carter playing the race card, now house speaker nancy pelosi warning the president's critics that they could spill blood. i'll be talking about race and politics with the naacp's hillary shelton. also allegations the white house is secretly trying to take your private information off the internet. join us for all of that, all the day's news and much more at the top of the hour, right here on
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cnn. let's go to jack cafferty once again for "the cafferty file." question this hour, are you as happy with your job as you were a year ago? getting deep into this recession now, cnnmoney.com has an article about employee morale.
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and an absolute sense of purpose for those still struggling, keep the faith. derek in new york says i'm very happy to still have a job. there are dark days these days for sure. i have confidence things will get better. in the meantime i try to remember adversity is an opportunity. i know it sounds cliche' but every day things are a little slower is a day i have a chance to present ideas to management and prove i'm committed and capable of thinking about the big picture. susan in arlington, virginia. jack, no i'm not. not many are. compared to a year ago i'm making $50,000 a year less. my job function has changed to one i don't particularly like or enjoy but i remain grateful every day that i have a job at all and keep in my thoughts
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those who don't and hope it'll be better for all of us in the near future. finally, jay writes, hell no. cafferty, can i have yours? i can ask questions all day long and really that's all it takes. ah, that's true, jay, but they're not on to me here yet. they think there's more to what i do than that. if you didn't see your e-mail here go to my blog at cnn.com/cafferty file. wolf? >> we got to be grateful all of us who have jobs. >> absolutely. >> especially those of us who love our jobs. the millions and millions over the past year and a half, two years, who have lost their jobs and some of those jobs, you know what? they're never coming back. >> i wish i had time. we got probably 1500, 2,000 e-mails on this question. i wish i had time to read a bunch more because people are very willing to kind of open up their hearts and souls on some of these subjects and some of the stories are absolutely touching but there's this
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indominatable spirit that comes through that, by golly, it's tough now but the sun comes up tomorrow and things are going to get better. that's a nice thing to read before i head off to the end of the day. >> i totally agree. just got to be grateful if you have a job in these difficult times. jack, thanks very much. on our political ticker, a new vote to give the late senator ted kennedy his dying wish, the massachusetts state house just gave initial approval to a bill that allows the governor patrick to name an interim senator to fill kennedy's seat until the special election in january. the measure still faces a second vote in the state house then on to the state senate where the bill's prospects are uncertain. we'll watch the story. the democrats need every vote they can get. a white house correspondent gets called on the carpet by the health secretary. watch what happened when nbc news white house correspondent chuck todd sneezed -- sneezed during a white house briefing today and didn't follow the recommended protocol.
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>> bless you. >> a possible impediment. >> i mean, what is that about? geez. >> marring kwet sneezed a few minutes ago very correctly in the shareef. >> i don't know. who's got some purell? give that to mr. todd right away. a little hand sanitizer. good. we'll have elmo give chuck a special greasing. get elmo over. he knows how to sneeze. >> you may remember the muppet character featured in a public service video on how to sneeze without spreading germs. you don't go like this. you go like this. jimmy carter raising eyebrows in recent days by accusing president obama's critics of racism. now the former president is diving into a very different
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controversy, pitting rapper kanye west against country music sweetheart taylor swift. listen to the question and carter's punch line. >> what do you think of kanye west calling out taylor swift at the vma? >> all right. >> do you agree with president obama's response to his action? >> i don't know what obama's response was. i thought it was completely uncalled for and his punishment was to appear on the new jay leno show. >> president obama you remember called him a jack ass, kanye west. remember, for the latest political news any time check out cnn politics.com. president obama back in campaign mode right now. >> are you fired up? ready to go? >> this time the candidate is health care reform.
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everything old is new again as president obama tries to sell health care reform. apparently he's got his mojo back. jeanne moos takes a most unusual look. >> reporter: the way the president jogged up the steps, the way all those hands clutched at his, the back and forth -- >> i love you back. >> reporter: sound familiar? >> i love you back. >> i love you back. >> reporter: thursday's health care rally felt like a time warp back to campaign '08, even change. >> we are going to bring about change. >> reporter: hasn't changed. >> it's our time for change.
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it has come. >> reporter: the president resurrected a favorite campaign story. >> looks like she just dressed came from church. got a big church hat. >> reporter: a story about the south carolina councilwoman who invented the favorite slogan the president is likewise resurrecting. >> are you fired up? are you fired up? ready to go? ready to go? >> reporter: it's like mojo dejavu. >> one voice can change a room. if one voice can change a room it can change a city. >> reporter: that rings a bell. >> if it can change a city it can change a state and if it can change a state it can change a nation. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >> reporter: just when you thought we had a president, the campaign was over, it's back. only this time the candidate is health care. >> let's go change the world. >> reporter: that really rings a bell. >> let's go change the world. let's go change the world. >> reporter: but reliving the
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past isn't always pleasant. >> when none of you knew how to pronounce my name. >> never